Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina

In this paper I explore challenges facing environmental policy coordination within the context of the Argentine federal system, as revealed by the following case study: Nº 26.331 -Environmental Protection of Native Forests (“Ley de Bosques”)- Federal Law implementation process, relying on legal sour...

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Autor principal: Langbehn, Lorenzo
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC) 2017
Materias:
environmental federalism
Argentina
native forests
COFEMA
public policy
federalismo ambiental
bosques nativos
políticas públicas
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/16849
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Administración Pública y Sociedad (APyS) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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topic environmental federalism
Argentina
native forests
COFEMA
public policy
federalismo ambiental
Argentina
bosques nativos
COFEMA
políticas públicas
spellingShingle environmental federalism
Argentina
native forests
COFEMA
public policy
federalismo ambiental
Argentina
bosques nativos
COFEMA
políticas públicas
Langbehn, Lorenzo
Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
topic_facet environmental federalism
Argentina
native forests
COFEMA
public policy
federalismo ambiental
Argentina
bosques nativos
COFEMA
políticas públicas
author Langbehn, Lorenzo
author_facet Langbehn, Lorenzo
author_sort Langbehn, Lorenzo
title Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
title_short Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
title_full Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
title_fullStr Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina
title_sort forests law and environmental federalism construction in argentina
description In this paper I explore challenges facing environmental policy coordination within the context of the Argentine federal system, as revealed by the following case study: Nº 26.331 -Environmental Protection of Native Forests (“Ley de Bosques”)- Federal Law implementation process, relying on legal sources and other document analysis, as well as on interviews with national and province administration staff members. As I explain throughout the implementation process of N° 26.331 Law, a pattern of coordination in the field of environmental policy emerges, which might be described as a form of dynamic cooperative federalism involving a negotiated distribution of tasks and responsibilities among the national and provincial governments. This coordination pattern is quite original within Argentine environmental federalism. Indeed, as I show in the opening sections, coordination of environmental policy among national and provincial governments had not encountered effective channels in the past. While two concurring mechanisms for coordination did exist –one of them established by the 1994 Constitution and the other one by the existence of the Environment Federal Council (COFEMA) –an interjurisdictional body for policy coordination-, before the implementation of Law Nº 26.331 both mechanisms did not interact constructively. In fact, the COFEMA had rather tried to block federal laws passed under the mechanism established by the Constitution. With the Native Forests Federal Law enactment, however, the COFEMA plays a key role in helping to shape a coordinated environmental policy under the constitutional mechanism. A dynamic distribution of tasks and duties gradually leads to the establishment of a national scope coordinated environmental policy. I argue that this achievement on the institutional level should not be concealed by the fact that native forests’ protection is still largely unsuccessful in terms of deforestation rate reduction.
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spelling I10-R357-article-168492019-05-17T13:38:03Z Forests law and environmental federalism construction in Argentina La ley de bosques y la construcción del federalismo ambiental en Argentina Langbehn, Lorenzo environmental federalism Argentina native forests COFEMA public policy federalismo ambiental Argentina bosques nativos COFEMA políticas públicas In this paper I explore challenges facing environmental policy coordination within the context of the Argentine federal system, as revealed by the following case study: Nº 26.331 -Environmental Protection of Native Forests (“Ley de Bosques”)- Federal Law implementation process, relying on legal sources and other document analysis, as well as on interviews with national and province administration staff members. As I explain throughout the implementation process of N° 26.331 Law, a pattern of coordination in the field of environmental policy emerges, which might be described as a form of dynamic cooperative federalism involving a negotiated distribution of tasks and responsibilities among the national and provincial governments. This coordination pattern is quite original within Argentine environmental federalism. Indeed, as I show in the opening sections, coordination of environmental policy among national and provincial governments had not encountered effective channels in the past. While two concurring mechanisms for coordination did exist –one of them established by the 1994 Constitution and the other one by the existence of the Environment Federal Council (COFEMA) –an interjurisdictional body for policy coordination-, before the implementation of Law Nº 26.331 both mechanisms did not interact constructively. In fact, the COFEMA had rather tried to block federal laws passed under the mechanism established by the Constitution. With the Native Forests Federal Law enactment, however, the COFEMA plays a key role in helping to shape a coordinated environmental policy under the constitutional mechanism. A dynamic distribution of tasks and duties gradually leads to the establishment of a national scope coordinated environmental policy. I argue that this achievement on the institutional level should not be concealed by the fact that native forests’ protection is still largely unsuccessful in terms of deforestation rate reduction. En este trabajo exploro los desafíos que enfrenta la coordinación de las políticas ambientales en el contexto del federalismo argentino, tomando como caso de estudio la implementación de la ley 26.331 de Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental de los Bosques Nativos (“Ley de Bosques”), a partir del análisis de instrumentos normativos (leyes, decretos, resoluciones del COFEMA) y otros documentos, y de entrevistas a funcionarios nacionales y provinciales. Según expongo, a lo largo del proceso de aplicación de la ley 26.331 emerge una modalidad de coordinación entre Nación y provincias en materia ambiental que se puede caracterizar como un federalismo cooperativo dinámico, y que implica una distribución negociada de funciones y competencias entre los niveles de gobierno. Esta modalidad reviste una originalidad considerable, ya que, como muestro en las secciones iniciales del trabajo, la coordinación entre Nación y provincias en materia ambiental anteriormente no había encontrado canales eficaces. En efecto, si bien existían dos mecanismos concurrentes de coordinación, uno habilitado por la Constitución de 1994 y el otro por la existencia del Consejo Federal del Medio Ambiente (COFEMA) como órgano interjurisdiccional de coordinación, solo con la implementación de la ley 26.331 estos dos mecanismos comienzan a interactuar de manera constructiva; previamente el COFEMA había buscado más bien bloquear la aplicación del mecanismo habilitado por la Constitución. En la implementación de la Ley de Bosques, en cambio, este órgano juega un rol clave para la elaboración de una política ambiental enmarcada en el mecanismo preconizado por la Constitución. A través de una distribución dinámica de tareas y funciones, se establece gradualmente una política ambiental coordinada de alcance nacional. Entiendo que la relativa ineficacia de la protección de los bosques nativos en términos de reducción de la deforestación no debe opacar la importancia de este logro institucional. Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC) 2017-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/16849 Administración Pública y Sociedad (APyS); Núm. 3 (2017): Enero- Junio 2017; 82 a 105 2524-9568 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/16849/17160 Derechos de autor 2019 Lorenzo Langbehn

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